Italian submarines in World War Two
Italian Commanders
Enrico Lesen d'Aston
Born | 5 Sep 1914 | Milan | |
Died | 1985 | (70) | Salerno |
Ranks
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Career information
COMANDANTE ALFREDO CAPPELLINI (S.T.V. officer): from 10.05.1940 to November 1940+.C.B.1 (T.V. C.O. and Capo Squadriglia C.B. or Head Midget Submarine Squadron): from 10.05.1941 to 31.12.1941?
H.2 (T.V. C.O.): from 01.01.1942 to 11.02.1942.
H.1 (T.V. resp.): from 02.02.1942 to 05.03.1942 (refit at Genoa).
C.B.1 (T.V. C.O. and Capo Squadriglia C.B. (Mar Nero) or Head Midget Submarine Squadron Black Sea): from February 1942? to August 1942?
Commands listed for Enrico Lesen d'Aston
Submarine | Type | Rank | From | To |
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CB 1 () | T.V. | 10 May 1941 | 31 Dec 1941 | |
H 2 (H2) | Coastal | T.V. | 1 Jan 1942 | 11 Feb 1942 |
H 1 (H1, P.56) | Coastal | T.V. | 2 Feb 1942 | 5 Mar 1942 |
Ships hit by Enrico Lesen d'Aston
No ships hit by this Commander.War patrols listed for Enrico Lesen d'Aston
Submarine | Date | Time | Port | Arr. date | Arr. time | Arr. port | Miles | Description | ||
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CB 1 () | 12 May 1941 | 0725 | La Spezia | 12 May 1941 | 0945 | La Spezia | 7 | Exercises. | ||
CB 1 () | 16 May 1941 | 0800 | La Spezia | 16 May 1941 | 1600 | La Spezia | 40 | Exercises. | ||
CB 1 () | 27 May 1941 | 1330 | La Spezia | 27 May 1941 | 1900 | La Spezia | 28 | Exercises. | ||
CB 1 () | 28 May 1941 | 1330 | La Spezia | 28 May 1941 | 1800 | La Spezia | 22 | Exercises. | ||
CB 1 () | 29 May 1941 | 1330 | La Spezia | 29 May 1941 | 1900 | La Spezia | 24 | Exercises. | ||
CB 1 () | 30 May 1941 | 1400 | La Spezia | 30 May 1941 | 1900 | La Spezia | 23 | Exercises. | ||
CB 1 () | 4 Jun 1941 | 0900 | La Spezia | 4 Jun 1941 | 1200 | La Spezia | 15 | Exercises. | ||
CB 1 () | 4 Jun 1941 | 1400 | La Spezia | 4 Jun 1941 | 1700 | La Spezia | 10 | Exercises. | ||
CB 1 () | 20 Jun 1941 | 1500 | La Spezia | 20 Jun 1941 | 1700 | La Spezia | 9 | Exercises. | ||
1. | CB 1 () | 25 Jun 1941 | 0600 | La Spezia | 27 Jun 1941 | 0831 | La Spezia | 153 | Patrol to test the possibilities of the CB-boats. Uneventful. Sighted only Italian vessels. | |
CB 1 () | 15 Jul 1941 | 1535 | La Spezia | 15 Jul 1941 | 1815 | La Spezia | 9,8 | Exercises. | ||
CB 1 () | 19 Jul 1941 | 0820 | La Spezia | 19 Jul 1941 | 1215 | La Spezia | 19 | Exercises. | ||
CB 1 () | 22 Jul 1941 | 1430 | La Spezia | 22 Jul 1941 | 1800 | La Spezia | 19,3 | Exercises. | ||
CB 1 () | 26 Jul 1941 | 2045 | La Spezia | 27 Jul 1941 | 0230 | La Spezia | 23 | Exercises. | ||
CB 1 () | 28 Jul 1941 | 1600 | La Spezia | 28 Jul 1941 | 1830 | La Spezia | 3 | Exercises. | ||
CB 1 () | 29 Jul 1941 | 0900 | La Spezia | 29 Jul 1941 | 1130 | La Spezia | 5 | Exercises. | ||
CB 1 () | 4 Aug 1941 | 0930 | La Spezia | 4 Aug 1941 | 1150 | La Spezia | 14 | Exercises. | ||
CB 1 () | 7 Aug 1941 | 0925 | La Spezia | 7 Aug 1941 | 1110 | La Spezia | 9 | Exercises. | ||
CB 1 () | 9 Aug 1941 | 2135 | La Spezia | 10 Aug 1941 | 0145 | La Spezia | 14 | Exercises. | ||
CB 1 () | 11 Aug 1941 | 0912 | La Spezia | 11 Aug 1941 | 1350 | La Spezia | 13 | Exercises. | ||
CB 1 () | 12 Aug 1941 | 2025 | La Spezia | 12 Aug 1941 | 2400 | La Spezia | 14 | Exercises, escorted by the tug Porto Sdoba. | ||
CB 1 () | 2 Sep 1941 | 1020 | La Spezia | 2 Sep 1941 | 1210 | La Spezia | 3 | Exercises or changed anchorage. | ||
2. | CB 1 () | 9 Sep 1941 | 0525 | Naples | 9 Sep 1941 | 1300 | Salerno | 40 | Antisubmarine patrol. | |
3. | CB 1 () | 20 Sep 1941 | 1600 | Salerno | 21 Sep 1941 | 1545 | Salerno | 106 | Antisubmarine patrol. Sighted only Italian fishing vessels. | |
4. | CB 1 () | 14 Oct 1941 | 1710 | Salerno | 15 Oct 1941 | 1200 | Salerno | 77,5 | Antisubmarine patrol with CB 5 Uneventful. | |
14 Oct 1941 | 2006 | (0) Off Salerno. | At 2006 hours, the midget submarine CB 5 was sighted at a distance of 300-400 metres. | |||||||
5. | CB 1 () | 22 Oct 1941 | 1800 | Salerno | 23 Oct 1941 | 0700 | Salerno | 57,5 | Antisubmarine surface patrol. Uneventful. | |
6. | CB 1 () | 26 Oct 1941 | 1800 | Salerno | 27 Oct 1941 | 0841 | Salerno | 66 | Antisubmarine patrol on the surface with CB 5. Uneventful. | |
CB 1 () | 17 Nov 1941 | 0915 | Salerno | 17 Nov 1941 | 1518 | Salerno | 20 | Exercises. | ||
CB 1 () | 18 Nov 1941 | 0830 | Salerno | 18 Nov 1941 | 1535 | Salerno | 25 | Exercises. | ||
CB 1 () | 19 Nov 1941 | 0900 | La Spezia | 19 Nov 1941 | 1255 | La Spezia | ? | Exercises. | ||
CB 1 () | 23 Dec 1941 | 1030 | Salerno | 23 Dec 1941 | 1200 | Salerno | ? | Exercises. | ||
H 2 (H2) | 31 Dec 1941 | 0800 | Taranto | 31 Dec 1941 | 1145 | Taranto | 21 | Exercises. | ||
CB 1 () | 4 Jan 1942 | 0825 | Salernoa | 4 Jan 1942 | 1440 | Naples | 40 | Passage Salerno-Naples on the surface at 6 knots, then to La Spezia by train (the date of the transfer by train is not known). | ||
H 2 (H2) | 9 Jan 1942 | 0800 | Taranto | 9 Jan 1942 | 1617 | Taranto | 30 | Exercises. | ||
H 2 (H2) | 14 Jan 1942 | 1241 | Taranto | 14 Jan 1942 | 1732 | Taranto | 32,5 | Exercises. | ||
H 2 (H2) | 18 Jan 1942 | 1230 | Taranto | 18 Jan 1942 | 1430 | Taranto | 11 | Exercises. | ||
H 1 (H1, P.56) | 2 Feb 1942 | Genoa | 5 Mar 1942 | Genoa | Refit in Genoa. | |||||
CB 1 () | 24 Feb 1942 | 1300 | La Spezia | 24 Feb 1942 | 1705 | La Spezia | 20 | Exercises, escorted by the torpedo boat Carini. | ||
CB 1 () | 26 Feb 1942 | 0955 | La Spezia | 26 Feb 1942 | 1415 | La Spezia | 15 | Exercises with the submarine H 4, escorted by MAS 505 and MAS 525. | ||
CB 1 () | 16 Mar 1942 | 0920 | La Spezia | 16 Mar 1942 | 1420 | La Spezia | 18 | Exercises. | ||
CB 1 () | 21 Mar 1942 | 1430 | La Spezia | 21 Mar 1942 | 1900 | La Spezia | 15 | Exercises, escorted by the auxiliaries San Marco and Santantioco. In April 1942, moved by train from La Spezia to Costanza. | ||
CB 1 () | 22 May 1942 | 0945 | Costanza | 22 May 1942 | 1400 | Costanza | Exercises. | |||
CB 1 () | 2 Jun 1942 | 2330 | Costanza | 5 Jun 1942 | 1055 | Yalta | 280 | Passage Costanza-Yalta with CB 2 and CB 3. | ||
3 Jun 1942 | 0558 | At 0558 hours, a German aircraft was sighted and exchanged recognition signals. | ||||||||
5 Jun 1942 | 0310 | (0) 191° - Cape Sarytch - 25 miles. | At 0310 hours, a Soviet destroyer was sighted at a distance of 7,000 metres, steering 140° at 18 knots. The midget submarine CB 2 was within voice range and was informed, but neither submarine was in a position to intercept. | |||||||
7. | CB 1 () | 7 Jun 1942 | 1900 | Yalta | 8 Jun 1942 | 0710 | Yalta | 68 | Patrolled south of Sevastopol between 44°10'N and 43°50'N, and between 33°10'E and 33°24'E. Uneventful. | |
8. | CB 1 () | 12 Jun 1942 | 1400 | Yalta | 14 Jun 1942 | 0920 | Yalta | 111 | Patrolled south of Sevastopol, on the meridian of Cape Sarych, 25 miles from the cape, then at dawn of the 13th 173° - Cape Chersonese - 23 miles. Uneventful. | |
13 Jun 1942 | 0640 | (0) Off Yalta. | At 0640 hours, the midget submarine CB 3 was sighted returning to Yalta. | |||||||
9. | CB 1 () | 16 Jun 1942 | 1800 | Yalta | 18 Jun 1942 | 1110 | Yalta | 191 | Patrolled south of Cape Sarych and south of Sevastopol. According to sailing orders, was to have patrolled in 43°44'N, 33°33'E and 44°15'N, 33°33'E (probably patrolled only latter position as she sailed one day later than ordered). | |
17 Jun 1942 | 1020 | (0) South of Sevastopol. | At 1020 hours, the midget submarine CB 2. was sighted. | |||||||
17 Jun 1942 | 1505 | (0) South of Sevastopol. | At 1505 hours, a Soviet submarine was seen emerging from the fog at a distance of 5,000 metres. CB 1 attempted to attack, but closed only to 4,000 meters before the enemy submarine turned away and disappeared into the fog. | |||||||
17 Jun 1942 | 1843 | (0) About 12 miles east of Cape Chersonese. | At 1843 hours, two Soviet bombers were sighted at a distance of 2,000 metres. CB 1 dived. | |||||||
17 Jun 1942 | 2025 | (0) South of Cape Chersonese. | At 2025 hours, three Soviet MTBs exchanging signals were sighted at distances of 400, 800 and 2,000 metres. CB 1 dived. | |||||||
17 Jun 1942 | 2105 | (0) South of Cape Chersonese. | At 2105 hours, a small Soviet torpedo boat was sighted at a distance of 1,000 metres. CB 1 could not attack as its two torpedoes were set for a depth of three meters. | |||||||
17 Jun 1942 | 2231-0100/18 | (0) South of Cape Chersonese. | From 2231 hours on 17th June to 0100 hours on the 18th, CB 1 was subject to a depth charge attack, apparently by two MTBs. The submarine could not dive below 30 meters because of a leak and counted 17 depth-charges, but was not damaged. The submarine surfaced at 0120 hours on the 18th and sighted nothing but, at 0335 hours, the two MTBS were seen again at a distance of 3,000 meters. | |||||||
10. | CB 1 () | 24 Jun 1942 | 1800 | Yalta | 26 Jun 1942 | 1000 | Yalta | 120 | Patrolled south of Cape Sarych and south of Sevastopol in 44°05'N, 34°00'E. | |
24 Jun 1942 | 2210 | (0) Near Yalta. | At 2210 hours, two Soviet MTBs exchanging signals, were sighted at a distance of 3,000 metres. | |||||||
25 Jun 1942 | 0822 | At 0822 hours, an aircraft was seen at a distance of 2,000 metres and CB 1dived. At 1943 hours, information was received of an enemy destroyer 14 miles to the south of midget position. Because of the heavy seas, CB 1 was unable to intercept. | ||||||||
11. | CB 1 () | 29 Jun 1942 | 1800 | Yalta | 1 Jul 1942 | 1123 | Yalta | 93 | Patrolled south of Cape Sarych or 30 miles south of Yalta. | |
29 Jun 1942 | 2105 | (0) Near Yalta. | At 2105, a Soviet MTB was sighted. | |||||||
30 Jun 1942 | 0755 | At 0755 hours, a Soviet submarine was sighted at a distance of 4 miles and dived shortly after. CB 1 attempted to close using her hydrophones, but lost contact at 1105 hours. | ||||||||
CB 1 () | 7 Jul 1942 | 1400 | Yalta | 9 Jul 1942 | 2000 | Costanza | 289 | Passage Yalta-Costanza with CB 4. Marred by defects. | ||
CB 1 () | 20 Aug 1942 | Time? | Costanza | 20 Aug 1942 | Time? | Costanza | 10 | Exercises?. |
58 entries. 50 total patrol entries (11 marked as war patrols) and 14 events.